It seems I always do this......

Somehow I look and it's been 3 months since I've done this. I've exercised off and on. I've lost another 10 pounds and hit a very big goal. But I haven't been exercising daily. And I still can't get my butt out of bed. Why? I'm working on the why and the how.

Today I planned to do a gentle yoga class. The inexpensive local grocery store didn't have a few items (really, who doesn't have low carb tortillas?) so I went to the fancy one near the gym. Tortillas were not in the section with all the salsa and stuff. So I'm running around the grocery store trying to find tortillas and was too late for yoga. Did I mention that my facebook status was continually updated during this mad dash? With things like 'y' and the saved mention of the fact that I was sad the local diet coke guy was married and my fantasies about free diet coke. And really, why are all these people clogging the aisles? It was insane how many people had their carts practically across the aisles in an attempt to prevent me from going to the yoga class.  Talk about the opposite of namaste......  I was so late and frustrated that I ended up on the elliptical.

I did 45 minutes on the elliptical for 4.62 miles and walked with a friend at lunch. In the military we called them two a days. They suck. Especially because it's a million degrees out and I'm the palest person on the entire planet. I burn under the florescent lights. It's sad, really.

I feel good about hitting the gym 3 days in a row. Tomorrow I'm up at 5 am to go for a walk before work. And try this women's fitness magazine article about taking time to write down how I feel after exercising.... Um, good but tired?

Nice Weather!!!!!!

Exercised a lot this weekend.  Went skiing (not a skier). It was really a lot of work.  There were so many times I was afraid of the downhill.  Then we took a really long walk and pushed a car out of the snow.  It was awesome to walk around a frozen lake.  When I told my friend we did that, she freaked out and said she was less scared of skiing.  But if they put a snow mobile on it, it should hold, right?

Today was a great day.  I went out walking with a friend at her lunch hour.  One hour.  It was great! I really miss having a gym buddy.

Still haven't been able to make myself get up on my work weeks.  Must figure out a way to do that!  I figure my 12 year old trainer will help with that!

Where am I? 515/1680.  Far behind

JFDI

Ugh.  Another work week without any exercise.  I'm really bummed.  I'm sitting up early (I always wake up early) thinking I should have gone exercising.  Now is it too late?  I don't know.  I'm waiting on people to get up.

Just read a 'motivational' webside.  My new motto about exercise--JFDI.  Just do it..... :)

School in summer.

So those jeggins/pajama jeans god-awful things are back at the gym.  I went to Zumba today and my instructor was wearing these jeggins/pajama jeans with a zumba label on the butt.  She looked like a backup dancer for DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.  I can't figure out who wants to wear jeans at the gym.  I know if you look good you feel good, but it was sooooo distracting with that look.  Fitted Yoga Pants, check.  Cute top, check.  Sports bra to harness the girls, check.  Jeggins and a muscle tee? Uh....  It's Zumba.  You're supposed to look hot, not like a Jersey Shore extra!

I bought my heart rate monitor.  It scares me.  A lot.  You have to wet it and wash it.  This is the level of commitment I've been avoiding.....  I know, I know, I have to do it.  It's important.  I'm going to set it up tonight.

Zumba for 60 minutes.  Played with the foam roller.  Got a 'real' massage and it was blissful.

295/1680.  Not bad for the 4th of the month!

Personal training truths....

Ugh... this guy is different.  In different I mean, he's gonna kick my heiney into next year.  I'm hearing "Hurt So Good" in my head. And I'm a little scared.

2 things He's told me that I need:
1.  A heart rate monitor. I've known for a long time that this is only going to work if I push myself.  Somehow I've deluded myself into thinking that I don't need one.  I'm looking at a FT7 polar tech.  My friend swears by one.
2.  A foam rub. I know, I know, sounds really dirty.  Apparently this is part of stretching.  Since I don't do any stretching at all, this is essential to start.  He wants me to start using these foam things to rub big muscle groups.  He tried the 'medium' one on me and it wasn't too bad.  So I'll see if I can get one for myself.

I thought that I would be doing a work out with him, turns out we didn't. So I did 10 minutes on the treadmill, met my friend and walked 120 minutes in the city.  In the *freezing* cold!

235/1680.  I'm ahead! :)

So I danced with this FABULOUS guy

At a woman's retail store. He said he loved my coach purse because he loved orange.  We both did a little shimmy to the Spice Girls "Wanna Be".  He said it just made people want to dance.

I went in for a little pick me up.  And the boots I wanted didn't fit. So I bought a belt (I actually needed a brown one, I got rid of my brown one when it broke) and tried to make do. That guy and his bump and grind did it better.

I'm glad I went for the retail therapy.  Frankly, I would've just had something sweet and bad for me previous to this last week.  Bonus, I stuck with my exercise even though I didn't 'want' to.  I did my 60 minutes today.  Did 4.64 miles on the elliptical.  And I had yogurt with granola as my after exercise snack, not the chocolate cake that is calling my name......

Tomorrow I see my trainer!  I has to be on.....

105/1680

Yesterday there was a girl at the gym wearing pajama jeans!

Sad, huh? And they are NOT flattering.  Not as bad as the whole 'jeggin' craze, but not something you should wear out of the comfort of your own home.  I mean I guess I get the whole desire to wear comfy jeans, but isn't sweatpants that look like jeans a license to gain weight? I have jeans that fit so I don't! Or before I just bought bigger ones..... I'm done with that!

So I finally have the computer up and running.  I only skipped 2 days in January, both were after I spent an hour shoveling all the ridiculous amounts of snow, so I figured I had 'earned' it.  When I attempted to roll out of bed the morning after shoveling 16 inches of heavy snow and my fingernails hurt, I just couldn't do it.  I know, that's really bad.  I should will aim for 30 a day and be happy when I get more. Some days it's not going to happen, no matter what I do, so I have a new plan.  In addition, I'm getting rid of the "should's" in my life!

This month I'm aiming for 60 minutes a day, which is 1680 minutes this month.  This means there will be days of 20's and days of 100's. To further strenthen my goals, today I went to the gym and scheduled a personal training session.  He's going to give me work outs for my 'on' week. I just hope he's a fit. 

While I was there, I only did 45 minutes.  I was just really frustrated.  I know, I know, excuses, but it really was frustrating.  First, all the lockers in the women's room that locked were taken.  There were NOT that many people at the gym.  Who takes all these lockers?  And why don't they fix that? I'd gladly pay for a locker there, my Dad's done it for years, so I didn't have to schlep everything to the gym.  But these are 'daily use' lockers.  Working on feeling less righteous.  It doesn't help my workouts.

So, I went outside and locked my stuff out there.  Because of this locker thing, I'm late to the water aerobics class and there are all these old biddies who are just talking as they laze around the pool.  I'm trying to get around them, to actually get a workout in, and they had the audacity to frown at me!  Go to Starbucks if you just want to chat.  Also, the one guy there was getting hit on to beat the band.....  I felt like we needed a shuffleboard on the Leo Deck.  Julie? Julie?!

The workout totally degenderates to a paddle and I'm ouf of there.  I then change and got on the treadmill.  I actually jogged for 2 minutes!  I'm so proud of myself, although my foot is starting to hurt again*.  So the 'closer' comes on and I try to plug in and shut the whole machine down.  WTH? I restarted on a different treadmill to find I lost my locker key.  I found it at the desk and decided I was outtie.

I wouldn't recover from that comedy of errors.  Next time I'll laugh and find a better song to get back on again...... And I'll run 3 minutes! 1680 minutes a month is the goal.  I'm at 45/1680

*my workouts got derailed last year because of a nasty case of plantar fasciitis.

A flood upon my house

Bad things happen in 3's right? Right? Right? I hope so.  I backed my car into the garage, causing a dent, crashed my computer and now there was a flood in my house. Well, minor toilet overflow issue.  Not a flood, but as I spent 2 hours cleaning up the water, cleaning the floors, etc, it felt like a flood.

I don't clean.  I hate it.  I would rather pull my toenails out with rusty spoons than clean.  Today the rusty spoons lost and I cleaned. Had it been Monday, that would've been different as the cleaning lady comes every other Tuesday.

This morning would have been soooooo different if I had just gotten off my couch and gone to the gym like I planned.  Instead I called, found out they pushed back body pump because the schools had a late start because of a millimeter of snow.  Then I tried to flush my toilet by pulling up the flapper and water. Everywhere. Water. So I'm at the gym now and I feel like this was a sign that the tuckus off the couch plan should have forward motion. Like every day. I'm a firm believer in the signs.

Here are the week stats:
Tuesday 45 minutes of cardio
Wednesday 35 minutes of cardio and 10 minutes of strength. I learned that day that I need some core strength, ASAP!
Thursday was 35 minutes, 3 miles and 374 calories burned.  I also did 50 situps and 15 pushups, girl style. Ugh, I hate that I just said 'girl style'.
Today 10 minutes of shoveling and now to hit the elliptical.

And exercise when you say you are.  These things have a way of catching up with you, I should know!

Later the same day

So today's gym foray was for 35 minutes on the elliptical/stepper/runner thinger.  Apparently I just am used to the elliptical because the "step length" never moved until my "cool down".  Next to me the girl did 30 minutes, took her shoes and socks off, then walked around the gym barefoot, and got back on the elliptical/stepper/runner thinger.  I'm perplexed and totally grossed out.  Barefoot in the gym? Como se dice fungus?!?!

Time at the gym: 35 minutes doing elliptical, 384 calories burned, 2.84 miles.  1/3 of Kelly Osborne's self workout.  I need core strength!

I'm kicking off 30 minutes a day

I realized why I need this blog.
The good: I went back to the gym and I feel great
The bad: I'm not as fast as I was 6 months ago
The ugly: "Mmmmm Bop" is number 18 of 25 on my 'top played' ipod songs. Yes, I have Hanson on my ipod. And apparently I like to play it.

I like to exercise. I love the gym. I like classes.  So why do I feel I 'deserve' to lie on my couch or sleep in.  I'm up, I've gotten out of bed to hit snooze upwards of 10 times.

I realize not exercising is a 'habit' I've developed.  And to break it, I need to make my struggles (and embarassing itunes moments) public. I need a gym buddy, virtual or not.  My friend is going to text me in the mornings when I'm working to make sure my butt is out of  bed.  And she won't be nice about it when it's not.  She's a good friend.

I was determined to do this. I got home, turned on my computer, and it wouldn't boot.  It's in the shop.  So my posts may be a day or two late, but they'll come up.

1/18/11 workout: 40 minutes on 'random' on the elliptical.  4 miles. 450 calories burned. 20 situps. Not a workout that made me beg for mercy, but it's a start!